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Tiny moon discovered around giant asteroid
1-27-2015 |
46
The asteroid known as 2004 BL86 flew past the Earth this week at a distance of 1.2 million kilometers.
Evidence of flowing water found on Vesta
1-26-2015 | 14
Scientists have discovered indications that liquid water was once present on the asteroid's surface.
Asteroid firestorm didn't kill the dinosaurs
1-24-2015 | 15
Scientists believe that a long winter, not an inferno, was most likely to blame for their extinction.
Nukes could be used to destroy asteroids
12-22-2014 | 52
The ultimate weapons of mass destruction could one day save us from complete annihilation.
New mountain-sized asteroid discovered
12-10-2014 | 9
A Russian scientist has identified a huge asteroid that crosses the Earth's orbit every three years.
Scientists fear risk from smaller asteroids
12-4-2014 | 60
An asteroid just 164ft across is still large enough to cause widespread devastation were it to hit us.
New 'moon' discovered orbiting the Earth
10-6-2014 | 53
Astronomers have identified an asteroid with an orbit so stable that it is almost like a second moon.
US to keep nukes to use against asteroids
10-6-2014 | 20
The United States is keeping some of its nuclear warheads in case of an apocalyptic asteroid threat.
Meteorite falls near Nicaraguan capital
9-9-2014 | 13
A small space rock left a sizeable crater near Managua's international airport on Saturday night.
Scientists tackle 'Earth-killer' asteroid
8-16-2014 | 14
A huge fast-moving space rock has the potential to bring about the apocalypse in the year 2880.
'Missing link' asteroid fragment discovered
7-3-2014 | 9
A meteor shower 470 million years ago is thought to have initiated an explosion of life on Earth.
Earth struck by big asteroids 'all the time'
4-20-2014 | 22
Three former NASA astronauts are set to reveal some unsettling data on how vulnerable our planet is.
NASA begins building asteroid spacecraft
4-10-2014 | 8
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will visit a nearby asteroid, obtain samples and then return them to Earth.
Asteroid with ring system discovered
3-28-2014 | 20
A 250km-wide rock known as Chariklo is the smallest known object to feature a ring system.
Earth sometimes hit by two asteroids at once
3-19-2014 | 6
Scientists have discovered a double-impact site in Sweden thought to be the result of a binary asteroid.
Did dark matter wipe out the dinosaurs ?
3-11-2014 | 45
Could a disc of dark matter on the galactic plane have triggered an apocalyptic asteroid impact ?
Double near-miss as two asteroids pass Earth
3-7-2014 | 17
Over the last couple of days two large recently discovered asteroids have passed close to our planet.
Near-Earth asteroid 'Moby Dick' goes missing
2-19-2014 | 43
A sizable asteroid measuring 270m across that was due to pass by the Earth seems to have disappeared.
Plumes of water discovered on Ceres
1-23-2014 | 10
Scientists have discovered signs of water on Ceres, an icy dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt.
Are asteroids actually worth mining ?
1-14-2014 | 8
A new study has suggested that very few nearby asteroids are suitable for commercial-scale mining.
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